FSC100 MIDTERM EXAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a police force? Right Ans - A constituted body of persons
empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property and limit civil
disorder
What does police mean Right Ans - Describe the body enforcing the law
and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? Right Ans - As a preventative
role and for safety
Metropolitan police Right Ans - Often considered the template for the
North American police that followed the European trend
Sir Robert Peel Right Ans - a member of parliament, and became the post of
secretary for the home department. after seeing the rising crime statistics, he
brought out the Metropolitan Police act.
Why did we have police forces? Right Ans - The public didnt want to do it
themselves
Where was the first police force in North America Right Ans - Toronto in
the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America Right Ans - As a volunteer
organization but developed into a paid "policeman" position with formal
training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition Right Ans - When Quebec city in
1651 adopted a watchman system modeled after France.
Detective Right Ans - Specialists who sole job was to determine who
committed the crime and why. They established themselves within police
agencies working less individually and more cooperatively to close cases
Constables Right Ans - Appointed to lead a handful of volunteers. Simply
hired as needed. Not until a year later that five were hired and paid.
, North West Mounted Police Right Ans - The forerunner of the RCMP.
Created after confederation to police the frontier territories of the Canadian
west.
What are municipalities responsible for? Right Ans - majority of the
policing services.
OPP Right Ans - One of the largest services in North America, provide rural
policing and support for all police agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual Right Ans - contains guidelines to help police
services understand the PSA
Police Services Act Right Ans - regulations such as adequacy and
effectiveness of police services regulation
Atavism Right Ans - criminals were born to commit crimes due to
biological deviance
Positivism Right Ans - crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? Right Ans - Because it
seems that the criminal mind is a blend of thw two
Cesare Lombroso Right Ans - Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be
father of modern criminology.
Recidvism Right Ans - repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne Right Ans - Positivist and professor of legal
medicine. Referred to as a father of forensic medicine.
Lombroso's theory Right Ans - People are going to have certain physical
characteristics if they have deviant behavior. Demonstrated using skulls,
tattoos, arguing that criminals were born deviant
Criminal man (Lombroso) Right Ans - determined identification could be
made by physical characteristics inherent in criminals
What is a police force? Right Ans - A constituted body of persons
empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property and limit civil
disorder
What does police mean Right Ans - Describe the body enforcing the law
and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? Right Ans - As a preventative
role and for safety
Metropolitan police Right Ans - Often considered the template for the
North American police that followed the European trend
Sir Robert Peel Right Ans - a member of parliament, and became the post of
secretary for the home department. after seeing the rising crime statistics, he
brought out the Metropolitan Police act.
Why did we have police forces? Right Ans - The public didnt want to do it
themselves
Where was the first police force in North America Right Ans - Toronto in
the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America Right Ans - As a volunteer
organization but developed into a paid "policeman" position with formal
training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition Right Ans - When Quebec city in
1651 adopted a watchman system modeled after France.
Detective Right Ans - Specialists who sole job was to determine who
committed the crime and why. They established themselves within police
agencies working less individually and more cooperatively to close cases
Constables Right Ans - Appointed to lead a handful of volunteers. Simply
hired as needed. Not until a year later that five were hired and paid.
, North West Mounted Police Right Ans - The forerunner of the RCMP.
Created after confederation to police the frontier territories of the Canadian
west.
What are municipalities responsible for? Right Ans - majority of the
policing services.
OPP Right Ans - One of the largest services in North America, provide rural
policing and support for all police agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual Right Ans - contains guidelines to help police
services understand the PSA
Police Services Act Right Ans - regulations such as adequacy and
effectiveness of police services regulation
Atavism Right Ans - criminals were born to commit crimes due to
biological deviance
Positivism Right Ans - crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? Right Ans - Because it
seems that the criminal mind is a blend of thw two
Cesare Lombroso Right Ans - Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be
father of modern criminology.
Recidvism Right Ans - repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne Right Ans - Positivist and professor of legal
medicine. Referred to as a father of forensic medicine.
Lombroso's theory Right Ans - People are going to have certain physical
characteristics if they have deviant behavior. Demonstrated using skulls,
tattoos, arguing that criminals were born deviant
Criminal man (Lombroso) Right Ans - determined identification could be
made by physical characteristics inherent in criminals
